Studio 29: Michael Dickinson

Glass

Michael Dickinson primarily fabricates hollow form art and sculpture using borosilicate glass flameworking techniques. His work has been inspired by the growing contemporary glass and STEAM movements of the California art scene, as he incorporates gold and silver fume implosions into a unique expression of chemical reactions within his glass. Drawing from the fluid movements in nature, he continues to experiment with bringing that quality, from a molten state, to a solid formation of artistic articulation.

Studio 23: Alina Campbell + Michael Campbell

Two artists share this studio:

Studio 19: Lara’s Lab/Lara Myers

Documentary Installation Art

Lara’s Lab is an exploration of and experimentation with documentary installation art.

The current project of Lara’s Lab is a participatory project called, Things Guys Actually Said To Me. Personal stories about sexual harassment, sexism, misogyny, discrimination, etc. are collected in-person from women and custom necklaces are made using text summarized from each woman’s story. Each woman who participates gets her custom necklace for free. (The necklaces will also be available for sale. All proceeds will go towards the cost of the project.)

To participate, stop by Lara’s Lab, Studio 19 during each month’s Second Friday Art Walk from 5–8pm. You may also participate whenever Lara is in the studio during Art Works Downtown’s weekly hours. It is advised to email her before visiting to see if she will be in her studio when you visit.

Lara Myers is an Army brat, a godchild of a Charo backup singer, a former dancer for the San Francisco band, ArmaGetItOn, and a documentary installation artist. She was the 2016–2017 Max Thelen Studio Residency artist at Art Works Downtown.

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Alina Campbell, née “Joanee Alina Honour”, left her Southern California roots behind to study Fashion Design at FIT in New York City where she was influenced by the punk scene, street style and vintage clothing in the East Village. Working in the famed nightclub “Limelight” in the early 90’s, the crowd also influenced the corsets she created for “Harlot NYC”, a line featured in Trash and Vaudeville and Patricia Field. Since then, she has spent the past 20 years as fashion designer, museum costume archivist and stylist. Her professional experience includes designing costumes for videos and performances which include: Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Eve and Pink, among others. She received her degree in Fashion Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and continues designing today working on special projects.

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Studio 22: Angelique Benicio

paintings, mixed media, performance

Angelique Benicio is a painter and sculptor with professional experience in both the United States and in Europe. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato CA; The Brayer Gallery in Ventura CA; Axis Gallery in Sacramento CA; Umpqua Valley Arts Association in Roseburg OR; Art Works Downtown in San Rafael CA; Trans-Art Gallery in Trondheim, Norway; and at Casa Cor Annual Architectural Design Exhibition in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Her performance work has been exhibited at The Crucible in Oakland CA; and at Trails and Vistas in Truckee CA.

She has extensive skills in many areas of visual arts, both large and small scale. Her preference is painting, especially in oils. She also uses acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, pen and ink, Chinese lacquer and mixed medium patina effects for both her paintings and her installation work. Her sculptural mediums include bronze casting and finishing, ceramics, gypsum cement, plastilina clay modeling, mold making, polyurethane foam sculpture and resin casting.

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